Middlesbrough and FA disappointed by fan verdict

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Middlesbrough have joined the FA in expressing their disappointment at the decision not to ban the Newcastle United supporter who admitted shouting racist abuse at Mido, the Egyptian striker.

Barry Norman Hutchinson, 49, of Siver Lonnen, Fenham, pleaded guilty to an offence of racist or obscene chanting under the Football Offences Act 1991 during the 0-0 derby at Middlesbrough on November 29. His 23-year-old son, Andrew Barry Hutchinson, denies the same charge.

Hutchinson Sr was fined £270 with £45 costs at Teesside Magistrates’ Court yesterday, but escaped a banning order that would have prevented him attending games anywhere in the